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> [Life sustains itself. Let go of the ego and life takes care of itself through you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/life-sustains-itself-let-go-of-the-ego-and-life-takes-care-of-itself/)

[Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/)

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> [Eternity gives life to all and sustains all, transforms all on the wheel of dharma - until all attain perfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/eternity-gives-life-to-all-and-sustains-all-transforms-all-on-the/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_eternity-gives-life-to-all-and-sustains_300749.jpg)

> [The river, for example, is the living symbol of all the life it sustains or nourishes - fish, aquatic insects, water ouzels,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-o-douglas/the-river-for-example-is-the-living-symbol-of-all-the-life-it/)

[William O. Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-o-douglas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/william-o-douglas-2931_animal_the-river-for-example-is-the-living-symb_641400.jpg)

> [Our own body is in the world as the heart is in the organism: it keeps the visible spectacle constantly alive, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-merleau-ponty/our-own-body-is-in-the-world-as-the-heart-is-in-the-organism-it-keeps/)

[Maurice Merleau-Ponty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-merleau-ponty/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4df/maurice-merleau-ponty-2834_alive_our-own-body-is-in-the-world-as-the-hear_1289320.jpg)

> [Crime is to the passions what nervous fluid is to life: it sustains them, it supplies their strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/crime-is-to-the-passions-what-nervous-fluid-is-to-life-it-sustains/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/046/anonymous-1_crime_crime-is-to-the-passions-what-nervous-fl_3009994.jpg)

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